Save the Planet is focused on the issue of avoiding a climate catastrophe and the restoration of a safe climate in the earliest possible timeframe.

About my campaign

For over eight years I lived in Thornbury and now Preston with my family and young son who attends our local primary school where I sit on school council.

Like you I am keen to see council providing efficient services, good community support programs and improving our parks and streets.

Like you I want an end to inappropriate development and corruption.

However, my main concern is for my son to have a future worth living in by stopping the threat posed by global warming.

With both state and federal governments failing to tackle and reverse global warming council can play a critical role.

I want to ensure Darebin Council plays its part in preventing extreme global warming and ensures our community is prepared and safe. Key actions include:

Achieving Zero Emissions

reduce council emissions to near zero

support the community to reduce their emissions and save money on power bills though energy efficiency and getting solar power on their roofs

work for zero emission transport options:, walking, cycling, and electric cars including a fast charger in Darebin

expand public transport throughout Darebin​ encourage reduction of consumption of high emissions food such as beef, lamb and dairy

Reversing global warming

all councils can play a critical critical role in creating a global cooling and drawing down historic emissions by converting green and food waste into biochar, an agricultural soil improves which traps carbon for 100s of years

Saving Lives

Council can reduce the number of deaths in Darebin during future heatwaves by following the lead of Melbourne City Council and planting many more shade producing trees and ensuring heatwave plans are adequate

Flood prone areas such as Fairfield will need to be assessed for their vulnerability to future extreme flood events and flood infrastructure upgraded if needed

​Creating resilience

help promote local food growing initiatives including education and support for growing your own food and seed funding for community gardens, to help elevate current and future food stress

encourage community support networks to help in global warming related and other emergencies

build a local micro grid to service Darebin in case of state grid failure